When writing this book, Lucinda went on an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today, and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. That writer also happens to be Lucinda’s great-great-great-grandfather. Charles Dickens was born in an age of enormous social upheaval. […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Vince Cable
Sir Vince Cable is the politician people trust. He is former leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Secretary for Business, nimble with footwork as a star of Strictly Come Dancing and a highly-acclaimed author with a range of titles that run from insights on the rise of China to a highly acclaimed political thriller. […]
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The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to a live webinar, ‘Cold war or confrontation? Understanding China’s global ambitions’ on Wednesday November 24, 2021, 2-4pm UK time. Chair Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent Panellists Professor Steve Tsang, Director, SOAS China Institute, SOAS, University of London Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Senior […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Adam Lebor
Humphrey welcomes back Adam LeBor, his first ever Goldster Book Club guest last year when they celebrated the life of John Le Carre. Adam is the author of eight non-fiction and six fiction books ranging from true crime with Hitlers Secret Bankers to fictional thriller noir with his much-acclaimed Balthazar Kovacs Danube Blues detective series […]
Read MoreUniversal Peace Federation Webinar
China needs energy sources, new technologies and food, and it thinks it need Taiwan. Stress fractures within and without include a growing distrust toward China by the interntional community regarding China geopolitical strategies: Belt and Road initiative, island-building in the South China Sea, massive weapons buildup, the persecution of 13 million Muslim Uyghurs, China’s growing […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Julie Summers
Julie Summers is one of Britain’s foremost social historians. The author of fourteen works of non-fiction, including the best-selling book Jambusters, she was listed as one of only four women in the top fifty historians in Britain in 2015. Jambusters inspired the ITV drama series Home Fires, which ran for two seasons in 2015-16 and […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Tessa Keswick
In her enthralling memoir, The Colour of the Sky After Rain, Lady Tessa Keswick follows the footsteps of intrepid western explorers like Isabella Bird and Mildred Cable, whose early 20th Century accounts brought alive the scale and magnificence of China to a western audience. Drawing on her travels in China over thirty years Lady Keswick […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Parag Khanna
Dr Parag Khanna is a bestselling author of books that explain where our world is heading and why. Parag, who has been named by Esquire magazine as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, will be talking to Humphrey about his latest book Move: The Forces Uprooting Us. It’s a thought-provoking […]
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